diff --git a/multinode-demo/validator.sh b/multinode-demo/validator.sh
index ce75f0e395..157cea6dcc 100755
--- a/multinode-demo/validator.sh
+++ b/multinode-demo/validator.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ OPTIONS:
   --init-complete-file FILE - create this file, if it doesn't already exist, once node initialization is complete
   --label LABEL             - Append the given label to the configuration files, useful when running
                               multiple validators in the same workspace
-  --stake LAMPORTS          - Number of lamports to stake
   --node-lamports LAMPORTS  - Number of lamports this node has been funded from the genesis block
   --no-voting               - start node without vote signer
   --rpc-port port           - custom RPC port for this node
diff --git a/net/remote/remote-sanity.sh b/net/remote/remote-sanity.sh
index 2cddd89272..070292ac13 100755
--- a/net/remote/remote-sanity.sh
+++ b/net/remote/remote-sanity.sh
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ if $validatorSanity; then
   (
     set -x -o pipefail
     timeout 10s ./multinode-demo/validator-x.sh \
-      --no-restart --stake 0 --identity "$sanityTargetIp:8001" 2>&1 | tee validator-sanity.log
+      --no-restart --identity "$sanityTargetIp:8001" 2>&1 | tee validator-sanity.log
   ) || {
     exitcode=$?
     [[ $exitcode -eq 124 ]] || exit $exitcode